shepherds

     

A shepher is a person who tends to, feeds, or guards sheep, especially in flocks. The word may also refer to one who provides religious guidance, as a pastor.

Trivia about shepherds

  • A Christmas Eve festival in Provence celebrates these workers who visited Jesus in the manger
  • In Luke 2, an angel tells a group of these, "I bring you good tidings of great joy"
  • Metaphorically, "care must be taken also lest through the absence of" these "the flock be imperiled"

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